#1Niceville
Okaloosa County · 17,948 people2.89 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.3, property 1.8
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Niceville, #1 on this list · Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 4.0Niceville reports the least crime per resident of Florida’s 128 towns with crime figures for 2023–2025; 14 of the 128 grade A− or better on safety nationally.
Crimes reported by each town’s own police, 2023–2025, per 1,000 residents, violent crimes counted four times. The same measure as the Safety grade. For 46 of them one year isn’t in the FBI’s published tables and comes from the FBI Crime Data Explorer or the state’s own reports (named in the row). How grades work
#12.89 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.3, property 1.8
#24.78 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.5, property 2.9
#35.77 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.1, property 5.2
Weighted crimes per 1,000 residents a year, lowest first, to two decimals (the sort uses the exact rate, so there are no rounding ties). Grade = the national Safety grade.
128 towns ranked. Not here? See towns without their own figures.
Per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Last on the list: Florida City, 142.44. The rate counts crimes reported to police, not how safe any one street feels.
These towns of 2,500+ are not on the list because there are no police figures for them alone for all of 2023–2025, from the FBI or the state. In 2025 the FBI’s tables list State Police figures for 0 of Florida’s counties and county sheriff figures for 45; those cover many towns at once and can’t be split by town, so they aren’t ranked here. Their other grades stand; the overall grade uses the rest.
Niceville (Okaloosa County) reports the least crime per resident: 2.89 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year over 2023–2025 (0.27 violent and 1.80 property crimes per 1,000), from its police department’s reports (2023 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer; 2024 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer). Gulf Breeze (4.78) and Longboat Key (5.77) follow.
By crimes reported by each town’s police per 1,000 residents over three years (FBI figures, or the state’s own where the FBI table lacks a year), with violent crimes counted four times as heavily as property crimes. It is the same measure as the Safety grade on each town’s page. How grades work.
The list needs 2,500+ residents and the town’s own police figures for all three years. 510 Florida towns of 2,500+ lack them; they are listed above with the reason. Smaller towns have a Safety grade on their page but no rank.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.